Roll over Jigs

[jim]

who has experiance of them and what do i need to look for when buying and who sells them?

any advice would be great thanks

[celicaV8]

Do you mean this sort of thing...?



Frost sell 'em - ain't cheap though.

or there is this type

Don't most people weld up there own - sure I've seen a few homemade ones in Readers Rides posts.

[Team Blitz]

NOT recommending this, OK? BUT! I've seen several guys use a pair of reinforced engine 360 stands each fastened to the bumper/chassis legs, one fore and aft. Generally only on stripped/lightened shells.

[haggis]

i got mine for 90 quid off ebay. its for a mk2 escort but you could easily make one up yourself using the mig.

[BiAS]

Snowys ones off flea-bay:



TBH I'd be tempted to weld your own up, they're really simply made and had to be modded to add locking bolts, otherwise it ended up roof down all the time.

[ger]

You can just see my free roll over device here.....



Cheers
Ger

(looks like this now...)

[ger]

Some here

www.autorestorer.com/articles/art106.html


www.reenmachine.com/misc/Automotive_Rotisserie_Plan_Set.pdf

[bstardchild]

cheeqi said:

Snowys ones off flea-bay:



TBH I'd be tempted to weld your own up, they're really simply made and had to be modded to add locking bolts, otherwise it ended up roof down all the time.

link please

[BiAS]

There's retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=readersrides&thread=1188753893&page=3

and I think it was this one cgi.ebay.co.uk/mk1-mk2-escort-shell-rollover-jig-spit-New_W0QQitemZ150182717911QQihZ005QQcategoryZ27377QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[bstardchild]

cheeqi said:

There's retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=readersrides&thread=1188753893&page=3

and I think it was this one cgi.ebay.co.uk/mk1-mk2-escort-shell-rollover-jig-spit-New_W0QQitemZ150182717911QQihZ005QQcategoryZ27377QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Superb - thanks

[jim]

the escort one looks pretty good, all it needs is some wheels and a the bar making up, i would make one but I'm not 100% with a welder yet

[slater]

What you puttign on it? the most important thing is how you mount the car on it I'm my experiance.

[v8wagon]

Glad mine's not the only workshop with the foliage option!

[bstardchild]

slater said:

What you puttign on it? the most important thing is how you mount the car on it I'm my experiance.

For me it's a Shot blasted and primed Monza shell

I need to dummy build as much of it as I can before I get it painted properly and also do some repairs to the shell so weight it has to support will be max 500 kgs at any stage

[jim]

well its for the mk1 cortina - which weighs 830kg with interior but it wont have the engine and gearbox in unless i am checking mounts etc but i would try to mount it to the bumper mounts as i know they are ok

[popuptoaster]

just don't put a rusty car on it without bracing the shell first or you'll weld it up all bent.